1. Michael Rake served as president of the CBI from 2013 until 2015.
13 Facts About Michael Rake
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Michael Rake was appointed to the board of Huawei Technologies UK on 14 April 2020, having worked as an advisor for the company since 1 January 2019.
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Michael Rake went to prep school in Devon, followed by Wellington College.
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Michael Rake joined KPMG in 1974, and worked in continental Europe before transferring to the Middle East to run the practice for three years in 1986.
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Michael Rake transferred to London in 1989, became a member of the UK board in 1991, had a number of leadership roles in the UK before being elected UK Senior Partner in 1998.
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Michael Rake was Chairman of KPMG in Europe and Senior Partner of KPMG in the United Kingdom, prior to his appointment as chairman of KPMG International in May 2002, in which capacity he served till September 2007.
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Michael Rake was chairman of Business in the Community from 2004 to 2007 and a member of the board of the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum between 1998 and 2007.
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Michael Rake was chairman of easyJet from 2010 to April 2013.
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Michael Rake is a governor of Wellington College and a board member of Guards Polo Club.
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Michael Rake was on the board of Barclays from 2008 to December 2015; he was promoted to deputy chairman in 2012, but turned down the offer to become chairman.
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Michael Rake was president of the CBI from June 2013 to July 2015.
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Michael Rake was appointed Chairman of Great Ormond Street Hospital in 2017.
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Michael Rake is married with four children and five stepchildren, and was knighted in 2007.